West Bank
Smotrich: US supports Israeli West Bank settlement expansion - interview
In past efforts by Israel to expand control in the West Bank, the US has called for maintaining stability in the area, adding that US President Donald Trump has not backed total annexation.
Palestinians in Gaza to vote in municipal elections, offering view into support for Hamas
High Court sets May 14 deadline for state update in Ras Ein al-Auja case
'Not just history': Belongings of Gush Etzion heroes to be publicly displayed for first time
IDF Chief of Staff suspends battalion that accosted CNN news team in West Bank
The battalion’s operational deployment will be suspended until it has undergone “a process aimed at reinforcing its professional and ethical foundations,” the IDF wrote.
IDF detains CNN journalists in the West Bank, one crew member injured, cameras damaged
IDF soldiers detained a CNN crew covering settler violence for at least two hours. One photographer was injured, and his camera was damaged.
IDF arrests 80 wanted individuals, seizes weapons during West Bank operations
The IDF completed multiple operations in the West Bank, arresting 80 wanted individuals, seizing firearms and drones, and addressing rising violence amid settler attacks in the region.
Huge Iranian missile fragments, intercepted by air defenses, lay scattered across Israel, West Bank
Iran has launched hundreds of missiles towards Israel since the start of the war, fragments of which are four to five meters long and have landed in school playgrounds.
Jewish extremist attacks in the West Bank threaten Israel’s legitimacy - opinion
West Bank violence by extremists threatens Israel’s international standing amid its high-stakes war with Iran.
Hundreds of Diaspora leaders call for action against ‘Jewish-extremist terror in the West Bank’
“Mr. President, the terror, death, and destruction inflicted by Jewish-Israeli extremists against innocent Palestinians across the West Bank is an abomination,” says an open letter published Thursday
US Jews are realizing that Netanyahu can handle war better than Trump can - comment
There is always noise around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is always noise around US President Donald Trump. Then a war comes, and the static drops.
State asks High Court to reject challenge to anti-UNRWA laws ahead of Monday hearing
At the center of the case are two laws passed by the Knesset in October 2024, one of them barring UNRWA activity in sovereign Israeli territory.
West Bank extremist violence is eroding Israel's national security from within - editorial
The unpatriotic and criminal acts being carried out against Palestinians in the West Bank are an abomination and the antithesis of what it means to be Jewish and Israeli.
Knesset advances bill to grant tax benefits for West Bank settlements
The bill passed with 37 lawmakers in favor and 33 against. It will return to the Knesset Finance Committee for further debate and still must pass two additional readings in the plenum to become law.
